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The term birria was originally the regional name given in Jalisco to what is known as barbacoa, meats cooked in a pit or earth oven, in other parts of México.Mexican chef and professor Josefina Velázquez de León stated that barbacoa has many variations or styles depending on the region of Mexico, and that birria was one style. [12]
Barbacoa. Barbacoa or Asado en Barbacoa (Spanish: [baɾβaˈkoa] ⓘ) in Mexico, refers to the local indigenous variation of the method of cooking in a pit or earth oven. [1] It generally refers to slow-cooking meats or whole sheep, whole cows, whole beef heads, or whole goats in a hole dug in the ground, [2] and covered with agave (maguey) leaves, although the interpretation is loose, and in ...
Chili con carne[a] is a spicy stew of Mexican origin containing chili peppers (sometimes in the form of chili powder), meat (usually beef), tomatoes, and often pinto beans or kidney beans. [2] Other seasonings may include garlic, onions, and cumin. The types of meat and other ingredients used vary based on geographic and personal tastes.
The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the word are generally theoretical. [3] [4] Taco in the sense of a typical Mexican dish comprising a maize tortilla folded around food is just one of the meanings connoted by the word, according to the Real Academia Española, publisher of Diccionario de la Lengua Española. [5]
The Royal Spanish Academy defines the word enchilada, as used in Mexico, as a rolled maize tortilla stuffed with meat and covered with a tomato and chili sauce. [1] [2] Enchilada is the past participle of the Mexican Spanish enchilar, "to add chili pepper to"; literally, "to season (or decorate) with chili".
Picanha is a cut of beef first made popular in Brazil, and later adopted in Portugal. It consists of the final part of the biceps femoris muscle, at the bottom of the animal, and its fat cap. [1] In recent years the cut has become popular in most of the Americas and has gained a reputation as a tasty meat in the barbecue culture.
The language known today as Spanish is derived from spoken Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans after their occupation of the peninsula that started in the late 3rd century BC. Today it is the world's 4th most widely spoken language, after English, Mandarin Chinese and Hindi. [1]
Shawarma (/ ʃəˈwɑːrmə /; Arabic: شاورما) is a Middle Eastern dish that originated in the Levantine region during the Ottoman Empire, [1][2][3][4] consisting of meat that is cut into thin slices, stacked in an inverted cone, and roasted on a slow-turning vertical spit. Traditionally made with lamb or mutton, it may also be made with ...